Greece -- History; Greece -- Politics and government; Imperialism
Alexander the Great, 4;
deification of, 36;
accession of, to throne, 116, 123 _f._;
character of, 119;
training of, 119 _ff._;
and Aristotle, 119 _ff._;
love of symbolism of, 123, 128, 139;
destroys Thebes, 123 _f._;
spares Pindar's house, 124;
visits Troy, 124 _f._;
cuts Gordian knot, 125 _f._;
plan of Persian campaign of, 126 _f._;
son of Zeus, 128, 133, 162 _f._;
in Persepolis, 129;
dissolves Hellenic league, 129 _f._;
ceases to be hegemon of Hellas, 130;
ceases to be king of Macedon, 130 _f._;
marries Roxane, 130;
adopts Persian costume, 130;
tries to establish Hellenism in Asia, 133 _f._;
founds city-states, 134 _f._;
plans conquest of West, 134;
and absolute monarchy, 135;
changes opinion as to Iranians, 135 _f._;
tries to fuse dominant peoples of Europe and Asia, 136 _ff._;
marries Persian princesses, 137;
plans of, 144,
rejected by the Macedonians, 150;
demands recognition as a god, 146;
departs from the life among men, 149.
Alexandria, 155, 157, 163, 213;
new Athens, 158;
trade of, 161 _f._;
imperial cult of Ptolemies in, 164 _ff._;
_vs._ Memphis, 170;
laws of, 177;
classes of population in, 181.
Ammon, god of Cyrene, 126 _ff._;
visited by Alexander, 139.
_Ancient City_, of Fustel de Coulanges, criticized, 7.
Andros, battle of, 159, 233.
Antigonids, constitutional government of, 216;
wars of, with Rome, 217 _f._;
alliance of, with Seleucids, 223.
Antigonus I, Monophthalmus, 183;
tries to take Alexander's place and fails, 184 _f._;
policy of, 218 _f._;
monarchy of, 220 _f._
Antigonus II, Gonatas, victories of, at Cos and Andros, 159;
rightful heir of Macedonian crown, 220;
suzerain of Greece, 220;
king of Macedon, 220, 223;
education of, 222 _f._;
reign of, 223-233;
peace of, with Egypt, 223;
hostility of, with Epirus, 224;
protects Greece from barbarians, 224;
tyrants of, in Greece, 224 _ff._;
relation of, to Stoa, 225 _f._;
refuses deification, 225 _f._;
struggle of, with Ptolemy Philadelphus, 226, 229;
renews alliance with Seleucids, 229;
deserted by Antiochus II, 230;
recovers Ægean, 232;
treaty of, with Ætolians, 232;
empire of, 233;
death of, 233;
failure of, in Greece, 235.
Antigonus III, Doson, Hellenic league of, 34;
makes peace with Ætolians, 241;
hegemon of Hellas, 243.
Antiochus I, Soter, 185.
Antiochus II, Theos, 185;
deserts Macedon, 230.
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